Tableau

JULY 19, 2021

It’s one of our guiding principles at Tableau and why we support students and instructors around the globe through Tableau Academic Programs. Our mission is to lower the barrier of entry to learning analytics and build data literacy skills in future generations. or “How can I, as an educator, get better at Tableau to teach students?”

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Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

Despite data skills being the most in-demand skill in today’s (and tomorrow’s) job market, there’s still a data literacy gap. . Start building your data skills—for free—with the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. To fill this void, we created the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. . Data Literacy Basics.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Salesforce.org wanted to understand how higher education is evolving around the world. Together with Ipsos and the Chronicle of Higher Education, Salesforce.org surveyed more than 2,000 students and staff across 10 countries to better understand their needs amidst the tumult of the pandemic. 44% of U.S. 44% of U.S. In the U.K.,

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As the technology becomes more embedded in daily life, researchers and educators face two distinct hurdles: teaching people to use these tools responsibly rather than over-relying on them while also convincing AI skeptics to learn enough about the technology to be informed citizens, even if they choose not to use it.

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Tableau

AUGUST 2, 2022

Despite data skills being the most in-demand skill in today’s (and tomorrow’s) job market, there’s still a data literacy gap. . Start building your data skills—for free—with the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. To fill this void, we created the Build Your Data Literacy Trail on Trailhead. . Data Literacy Basics.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

To assist in the arduous grant research process, I’ve created this list of grant resources and funders according to a specific funding focus area: education. . Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on. Funding Priority: Education. They provide education tailored to girls’ needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. This week, nearly a year after first beginning to work with Room to Read, we’re proud to be taking part in promoting Literacy Day.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The application purports to claim the trademark “social enterprise” in five areas: computer software, business services, educational services, on-line software and social networking services. Social enterprise is wide use in classes covering computer software and services.

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Tableau

JULY 29, 2021

million students - and counting - have acquired data skills through our program. While we will continue building support and resources for this space, higher education and corporate training cannot fill this huge and growing need for data skills without help. Eleanor Cooper , Pathstream CEO. To mention a few: . To mention a few: .

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Salesforce.org wanted to understand how higher education is evolving around the world. Together with Ipsos and the Chronicle of Higher Education, Salesforce.org surveyed more than 2,000 students and staff across 10 countries to better understand their needs amidst the tumult of the pandemic. 44% of U.S. 44% of U.S. In the U.K.,

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Education Trend Report Netherlands 98

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

I’m thrilled to share with you some of the recent amazing impact of Bookshare , a Benetech Global Literacy initiative and the largest accessible online library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities. These milestones represent a giant leap forward in the number of students and individuals we serve.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. We’re thrilled that students and other readers who have disabilities that keep them from reading standard print can now read the same books as their peers, using the same devices.

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Candid

JANUARY 21, 2025

For example, AI can help bridge educational gaps that were exacerbated during the pandemic. Organizations like Quill.org use AI-powered tools to provide personalized, free writing instruction for K-12 students, which is particularly beneficial for schools with high student-teacher ratios. Build AI literacy.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

There are many Americans who don’t come from affluent families and have tons of student loan debt,” Chen said. With Kikoff, the pair aim to give people not only a way to build a credit history, but also a way to increase consumer financial literacy. Image Credits: Kikoff.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

My hope is that we all—individuals, teachers, students, parents, schools, and government officials—honestly wrestle with this revolutionary change and recognize it as so much more than a “cheat tool.” Generative AIs have the power to transform education. But things forever changed when OpenAI released version 3.5

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program. Bookshare is dramatically exceeding its five-year collection and member targets at the close of the fourth year of our Bookshare for Education (B4E) project funded by the U.S. In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

By his own admission, Chris Thür wasn’t the most obvious person to start a music education company. At the same time, he suggested that it’s not a “zero sum” competition with music teachers; there are teachers who recommend Yousician to their students as a way to keep practicing and learning between lessons.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kenya-based Chandaria Capital, Nigeria-based LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund, and an array of other angel investors including founders and top executives of Africa’s leading SaaS, e-commerce and education startups joined, as well. An estimated $30 billion is spent every year on higher education in Africa,” Sardana, Craydel’s CEO, said.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. Educational institutions have an abundance of data, but they are often challenged by making sense of it in the most effective ways possible.

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Tableau

AUGUST 9, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation and further shifted what students need to succeed in today’s digital economy. Although digital competencies like computer literacy and data skills have grown in importance in recent years, the need for digital skills has never been greater. Career options matter for enrollment.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s being re-published today in honor of International Day of the Girl to highlight Malala Fund’s important work around education for girls. For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. We know educated girls strengthen economies, promote peace, and improve public health.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. This summer, we will have three students working on Bookshare software for our users underwritten by Google’s Summer of Code program. and that risk paid off. and that risk paid off.

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Tableau

JANUARY 8, 2021

Bridge the data literacy gap for students in academia. In my many years as a scientist, I mentored trainees in data analysis and witnessed frustration, anxiety, and even productivity loss in students who lacked foundational data skills. We define data literacy as “the ability to explore, understand, and communicate with data.”

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Tableau

AUGUST 9, 2021

The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation and further shifted what students need to succeed in today’s digital economy. Although digital competencies like computer literacy and data skills have grown in importance in recent years, the need for digital skills has never been greater. Career options matter for enrollment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That is incredible, considering how difficult it is to find videos, how unfiltered it is and how inaccessible it is for many students who have different learning abilities and learning levels,” said Gross. YouTube is the third-most-used website within schools, according to Matthew Gross , CEO and co-founder of Newsela. Video has to evolve.”.

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

Microsoft is adding a new Reading Progress feature to Microsoft Teams, designed to help students improve their reading fluency. Reading Progress works by allowing students to record themselves reading a passage of text, and offering teachers the ability to assess accuracy rates, mispronunciations, and more. Image: Microsoft.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Reading Eggs is an online reading education program for children aged 3 to 13. Reading Eggs is ideal for organizations that work with literacy among children and want to motivate them through games. The goal of Reading Eggs is to supplement and help each student's progress in school. Is It Right for My Organization?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Amira Learning aims to address this with an app that reads along with students, intelligently correcting errors in real time. Promising pilots and research mean the company is poised to go big as education changes, and it has raised $11 million to scale up with a new app and growing customer base.

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Tableau

JUNE 16, 2021

Students who master data skills will have an advantage in their future careers. Enterprises are increasingly becoming data-driven—and requiring data literacy skills for employees in every part of the organization. We commissioned research by Forrester Consulting to help better understand the data literacy gap. June 17, 2021.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

She was teaching an engineering course, and her students were using simulation software to model turbines for jet engines. She’d laid out the assignment clearly, but student after student was calling her over for help. She asked each student where they’d saved their project. multiple students inquired.

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Tableau

MAY 25, 2022

Drawing inspiration from Salesforce’s Pledge 1% initiative, Tableau’s #PledgeForData creates a global movement of organizations and individuals who commit time and resources to accelerating data skills education. More than a quarter of a million people have already learned in-demand data skills from Tableau's data education programs.

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Tableau

MAY 25, 2022

Drawing inspiration from Salesforce’s Pledge 1% initiative, Tableau’s #PledgeForData creates a global movement of organizations and individuals who commit time and resources to accelerating data skills education. More than a quarter of a million people have already learned in-demand data skills from Tableau's data education programs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. Department of Education gave us a major award on September 28, 2007. OSEP told us on a Sunday that we needed to start serving students for free right away. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The edtech boom has focused primarily on students, but teachers are learners, too. Doyobi , a Singapore-based professional development platform, wants to give educators new, more engaging ways of teaching STEM subjects. Doyobi was founded in 2020 as a spin-off from Saturday Kids , a STEM-focused educational program. Series A.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. We use technology today to help hundreds of thousands of students with disabilities succeed in school, as well as help human rights activists around the world document abuses and seek justice.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

McLaren, in turn, learned what her son, a straight-A student, responds best to. The broader takeaway for McLaren was that traditional classrooms don’t serve all students due to learning and thinking differences. After all, an adaptive curriculum that changes based on a student’s emotional or educational state feels pretty sensible.

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